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New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 1995

Author: Charles E. Gersch
Editor: Will Shortz
Charles E. Gersch
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Charles E. Gersch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQVWZ} This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Gersch. NYT links: Across Lite
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© 1995, The New York TimesNo. 0729 ( 16,699 )
Across Down
1. Tall glass : SCHOONER
9. First-rate : CRACK
14. “Home Improvement” accessories : TOOLBOXES
16. River of forgetfulness : LETHE
17. Rattle off : ENUMERATE
18. Haggard hero _____ Quatermain : ALLAN
19. Bug : ANNOY
20. China’s _____ Biao : LIN
21. Pine : YEARN
22. Pre _____ (future doctors) : MEDS
23. Quite a bargain : STEAL
25. Welland Canal outlet : ERIE
26. Riley’s “_____ I Went Mad” : ERE
27. “Speed” speeder : BUS
28. One may be foul : TIP
30. First word of the British national anthem : GOD
31. Winona and Mitch, e.g. : RYDERS
33. Kind of test : SOBRIETY
35. Cheap restaurants : BEANERIES
37. In Mideast attire : TURBANED
40. Hertz competitor : DOLLAR
44. Rusted : ATE
45. Kind of test : DNA
46. Bribe : SOP
47. 12 meses : ANO
48. Barroom supplies : KEGS
50. Spanish chests : ARCAS
52. It turns on the cooker : SPIT
53. Pass : ENACT
55. Anguilliform creature : EEL
56. Destiny : KARMA
57. Old Roman seaport : OSTIA
58. Blame unjustly : SCAPEGOAT
60. Be of the right size and shape for : FITON
61. Amtrak handout : TIMETABLE
62. Cut of meat : FLANK
63. Apathetic : LISTLESS
 1. Transoceanic transportation : STEAMER
2. Bondman of old? : CONNERY
3. Pursued vehemently : HOUNDED
4. “Stand and Deliver” star : OLMOS
5. Mind : OBEY
6. “Postman’s Creed” word : NOR
7. Glorifies : EXALTS
8. Fix a bandage : RETIE
9. Some soil : CLAY
10. 1935 Douglas Freeman biography : RELEE
11. Like some House seats : ATLARGE
12. Vehicle for Messala : CHARIOT
13. Supreme Court Justice : KENNEDY
15. Forum V.I.P. : SENATOR
23. Book of the Apocrypha : SUSANNA
24. Freudian topics : LIBIDOS
27. Moola : BREAD
29. Before surgery, informally : PREOP
32. Recession : EBB
33. But, in old Rome : SED
34. Map abbr. : ISL
36. Least removed : NEAREST
37. Parody : TAKEOFF
38. Eating _____ : UTENSIL
39. Race for the Queen’s Cup : REGATTA
41. Traveler’s warmer : LAPROBE
42. Barbarians : ANIMALS
43. Wheels : ROTATES
46. Deli purchase : SALAMI
49. Descendant : SCION
51. The “C” in C.S. Forester : CECIL
52. Actress Katey : SAGAL
54. Holding pen : TANK
56. Etta of old comics : KETT
59. Foot: Lat. : PES

Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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